Category Archives: Local News

(Red Oak) Montgomery County Emergency Management Coordinator Brian Hamman says the ignition point of Sunday's wildfire came from a machinery fire two weeks ago. (Brian Hamman's Drone footage is posted...

(Adair Co.) The Adair County Sheriff's Office arrested Marvis Eugene Routh II, 28, of Des Moines, on October 21st on a warrant for Driving While License Denied or Revoked. Routh was held on $1,000 cas...

(Atlantic) An Atlantic man has entered a waiver of rights and plea of guilty to charges of Willful Injury, Assault Causing Bodily Injury and Possession of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana) 1st Offens...

(Undated) -- Higher beef prices could be changing what Iowa consumers are buying at the meat counter. Beth Doran, Iowa State University Extension Beef Specialist. She conducted a small survey at this ...

(Council Bluffs) The Council Bluffs Police Department is investigating a fatal accident that occurred early Sunday morning. At approximately 4:10 a.m., Officers were dispatched to the 50-mile marker o...

(Updated) Respiratory illnesses are on the rise in Iowa. The state Department of Public Health reports that these illnesses often peak in late fall. They say respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases ha...

(Indianola) A mountain lion's confirmed in the south part of the Des Moines metro area -- two nights in a row. The Indianola Police Department has released photos of the big cat and says the mountain ...

(Mondamin) Twelve area fire departments responded to a wildfire in Harrison County on Sunday. Harrison County received a 9-1-1 call at 1:15 p.m. for a field on fire on 235th Street near Hamlin Ave sou...

(Red Oak) A wildfire in Montgomery County consumed roughly 750 acres. According to the press release from Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency, at 4:47 p.m. on Sunday, the Communications Cent...

(Montgomery) A large field fire in the area of Highway 34 and A Avenue is out of control. Fire Departments from Cass and Pottawattamie County have been called in for assistance. Residents in the area ...